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the rubio bill? because, you know, if it's a bad bill or history deems it a bad bill like the 1986 bill maybe you don't want your name on it. so, you know, there is a long way to go. we will see the details of it. s some details like how much is the penalty going to be? how much of back taxes will you have to pay? we are talking about a group of people that don't have a lot of money. so... >> i can't believe democrats would allow it to be called rubio anything. former senator chris dodd at a program here on capitol hill he was asked about the dodd-frank legislation and the first thing he said was, i wished they hadn't named it that. >> why did he say that? >> it's because, you know, he things it gets in the way of dealing with the bill, itself as it becomes more do you like chris dodd but he doesn't want that on his tombstone. >> 20 minutes after the hour bob cue sack managing editor of the hi the hill.com here on the "full-court press." we are taking a look at the issues facing this congress. they w
the rubio bill? because, you know, if it's a bad bill or history deems it a bad bill like the 1986 bill maybe you don't want your name on it. so, you know, there is a long way to go. we will see the details of it. s some details like how much is the penalty going to be? how much of back taxes will you have to pay? we are talking about a group of people that don't have a lot of money. so... >> i can't believe democrats would allow it to be called rubio anything. former senator chris dodd...
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how did marco rubio do. let's talk about that, too. yes watch marco rubio. i just watched enough to know that i think all of the advance height about what a great job marco rupe rubio was going to do sort of fell flat last night. to me, he looked nervous. he looked not ready for prime time. >> yeah. >> bill: he looked stiff. and he certainly was -- >> thirsty >> bill: thirsty. what will be remembered most about his speech was i have never seen anybody do this. he is live on camera talking, and he takes a break without even saying excuse me just a second. reaches over off camera like this, grabs a bottle of water and then takes a stip without even saying excuse me and then puts the bottle back and then continues talking. amateur hour. i think he joins the ranks of christine whitman and bobby jindal who were supposed to save the republican party with a post state of the union. they ought to can those this those things. democrats or republicans just cancel because nobody watches. rose is calling from liganier indiana. what do you say? >> morning, bill. i liked
how did marco rubio do. let's talk about that, too. yes watch marco rubio. i just watched enough to know that i think all of the advance height about what a great job marco rupe rubio was going to do sort of fell flat last night. to me, he looked nervous. he looked not ready for prime time. >> yeah. >> bill: he looked stiff. and he certainly was -- >> thirsty >> bill: thirsty. what will be remembered most about his speech was i have never seen anybody do this. he is live...
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you have seen rubio up close. is he the guy? >> rubio is really good. and i saw him a couple of times. there are a couple of events on the campaign trail where he and either obama or biden would be speaking at the same type of event, you know, speaking the same city hours apart, and he has sort of the same thing that obama has, where the first time you see them, you think that they are speaking directly to you and you show -- it sort of goes beyond -- doesn't feel like a partisan speech, feels like an uplifting sort of america coming together. speech. you know, he's obviously much more conservative than the president or most any democrats but his presentation is very good. he is extremely polished speecher. he did an event with buzzfeed. he is fluent in the, you know, in sort of the details of the east coast/west coast rap wars. he is very versetal. he is not somebody like talking about john kerry earlier who sort of feels like he is from another planet sometimes and rubio is very good at talking to almost whatever audience he is in front of. >> you wer
you have seen rubio up close. is he the guy? >> rubio is really good. and i saw him a couple of times. there are a couple of events on the campaign trail where he and either obama or biden would be speaking at the same type of event, you know, speaking the same city hours apart, and he has sort of the same thing that obama has, where the first time you see them, you think that they are speaking directly to you and you show -- it sort of goes beyond -- doesn't feel like a partisan speech,...
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if the jeb goes, could rubio? >> you have described with the possible exception of him being to governor sounds like a detraction from him as a presidential candidate. people still -- and i have heard this -- republicans will tell me that republicans have, you know i guess we call it bush tiring or -- >> bush fatigue. i am not sure that helps so much for him. although i give jeb bush a lot of credit. not just on immigration. he is active on the education front and in a way that the republicans to be embracing a lot of stuff on school choice, a lot of stuff on reform. >> that's, you know, none of that is necessarily -- i mean those are meaty issues he is getting involved in. it's not like he didn't have some hest. but i am not sure in the party they are ready for himft. but i am not sure in the party they are ready for him. this didn't help. this book didn't help. he had a book on immigration and he comes out with something that's so far outside the current zeitgeist, it made huge waves. >> if he run, would marco r
if the jeb goes, could rubio? >> you have described with the possible exception of him being to governor sounds like a detraction from him as a presidential candidate. people still -- and i have heard this -- republicans will tell me that republicans have, you know i guess we call it bush tiring or -- >> bush fatigue. i am not sure that helps so much for him. although i give jeb bush a lot of credit. not just on immigration. he is active on the education front and in a way that the...
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and only rubio. schumer a little bit too, but it has been kind of interesting to watch. and a lot of the other republicans i have spoken to it's like we're eating our own. we don't this. we have got to support the guy. at least go after the democrats if you are going to go after someone. but rubio seems to be their top target. >> bill: does he see this as sort of his ticket to ride? >> i actually don't think he feels that way right now. i really think he believes this is good policy that something needs to be done about immigration. i don't think he thinks this is going to win tons of republican votes. john mccain said yesterday at a breakfast, i don't think that immigration reform is going to get republicans votes at all, but it will at least be on the same playing field, and if we don't do this, we'll never be able to make that argument. >> bill: right, but on the opposition, so far i think has been -- assume marco rubio and the gang of eight, has been from the right-wing talk shows. >> yeah levin
and only rubio. schumer a little bit too, but it has been kind of interesting to watch. and a lot of the other republicans i have spoken to it's like we're eating our own. we don't this. we have got to support the guy. at least go after the democrats if you are going to go after someone. but rubio seems to be their top target. >> bill: does he see this as sort of his ticket to ride? >> i actually don't think he feels that way right now. i really think he believes this is good policy...
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senator rubio says we're focusing on the wrong issue. here he is. >> the fund. al problem isn't the loans. it is the fewish rates that continue to climb across this country. why don't we do something about colleges raising tuition rates rather than about the interest rate on student loans. >> well, he's absolutely right. we need to tackle the cost of college in a robust way but in the meantime, the tuition rates are what they are and the idea we'll double rates on students is the wrong way to go. we can't be making it more expensive. it is our job to make it less expensive. this is a great investment for individuals. somebody who gets a four year degree is likely to make about a million dollars more over their lifetime but it is a great deal for us as a country because we need more educated workers. there's research out of georgetown university that shows by 2020, we'll be about five million people short in terms of people who have post-secondary credentials that our economy needs. so we should be doing more to bring down the cost of college. we need to demand t
senator rubio says we're focusing on the wrong issue. here he is. >> the fund. al problem isn't the loans. it is the fewish rates that continue to climb across this country. why don't we do something about colleges raising tuition rates rather than about the interest rate on student loans. >> well, he's absolutely right. we need to tackle the cost of college in a robust way but in the meantime, the tuition rates are what they are and the idea we'll double rates on students is the...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? [ music ] >> this is "the bill press show." >> it's 26 minutes after the hour. kate nosarra will be here with us in the next segment for the next half hour. right now, we are talking again about jonathan carl making a little bit of news yesterday. sort of pseudo tried to weasel out and apologize but not really. on the show. he made a statement about his reporting. they were wanting to make the department look back on benjamin? is it turns out all he was reading republican -- republican-doctored e-mails. by the way, what are republicans up to? >> criminal what they are doing. >> it's also kind of classic going a little too far. >> bill: yeah. >> when you think you see a scandal. questions there. just sort of try to make it worse overshot. >> what are we saying on the social media, here jonathan carl and james o'keefe have in common. >> answer that question. frances says mr. karl should resign. he should at least apolo
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and he followed marco rubio to the podium who flat out stated we don't need any new ideas. we don't need any new ideas, we just have to package them better. >> yeah, that's the big debate whether or not they need to change their position or just market themselves better and not have mitt romney out there making comments about the 47%. and it gets back to the idea that people say the republican party rests on those three legs of economic conservatism social conservatism and a strong foreign policy. rand paul says a lot of these things should be left up to the states in terms of stuff like gay marriage and abortion and to the foreign policy conservatism because he has that isolationist streak running through them. but you can see rubio and rand paul also working together in some way particularly on immigration. >> bill: uh-huh. and rand paul stepping up to the plate on immigration this week. they hired some consultants to do a little analysis of what went wrong in 2012. they released it this week, 98-page report. what does it tell us? >> it is very much the idea of how republ
and he followed marco rubio to the podium who flat out stated we don't need any new ideas. we don't need any new ideas, we just have to package them better. >> yeah, that's the big debate whether or not they need to change their position or just market themselves better and not have mitt romney out there making comments about the 47%. and it gets back to the idea that people say the republican party rests on those three legs of economic conservatism social conservatism and a strong...
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if you look at rubio or christie -- rubio is a tea party favorite, but things will come back to haunt him. >> i think it's going to be very interesting election cycle coming up because you have these people in the republican party that are so extreme, so extreme that if they make it through, if they get re-elected then you clearly have to say -- one of the arguments that some sort of clear headed republicans say they don't speak for the whole party. it's tough to make that argument when ted cruise and paul >> that guy is a menace. >> he's the worst. >> he's a canadian. can he run the question is? >> it's interesting, they say he can. they haven't really addressed. >> i'd like to see how the tea party handle the cruise thing. his mother is of american origin and berthed in canada but they seem it's to think it's not a problem. >> he's a menace. >> we talked about the fight of john mc cain versus what he called the whacko birds of ted cruise and paul. he called them whacko birds. that's what he called them. for all of john mc cains that he's committed he is a republican like a throw-bac
if you look at rubio or christie -- rubio is a tea party favorite, but things will come back to haunt him. >> i think it's going to be very interesting election cycle coming up because you have these people in the republican party that are so extreme, so extreme that if they make it through, if they get re-elected then you clearly have to say -- one of the arguments that some sort of clear headed republicans say they don't speak for the whole party. it's tough to make that argument when...
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he doesn't want a bill. >> i disagree. >> you defend rubio? >> i am trying to explain rubio. i am not defending rubio. i am trying to explain him. i say marco rubio is bilingual more than one way. he speaks conservative talk which is what he does. he is the connective tissue from the gang of 8 to the conservatives in the senate and he is reaching out to them and has to do it by being frankly tough earn necessary. at the same time, home base for him is still the latino community and every -- i am telling you, the 55-year-old guy who cleans my office asked me the other day how the bill is doing. he is at that talking about the house gang of 8 and this 55-year-old latino who cleans my office every day knew that the house gang of 8 bill had lost a member, that he was a republican from idaho. >> now a gang of 7. >> and it was because of a healthcare issue. >> yeah. >> this is a guy who cleans my office and he knows more. but why? because the latino community. he is emblem attic i think of most latinos. he has his papers. this is about his family, about his neighbors. >> that's ano
he doesn't want a bill. >> i disagree. >> you defend rubio? >> i am trying to explain rubio. i am not defending rubio. i am trying to explain him. i say marco rubio is bilingual more than one way. he speaks conservative talk which is what he does. he is the connective tissue from the gang of 8 to the conservatives in the senate and he is reaching out to them and has to do it by being frankly tough earn necessary. at the same time, home base for him is still the latino...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are...
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but some of the issues that have come up, senator marco rubio, for example, says, okay. we got the path to citizenship but if you go through that long path to citizenship, 13 years, you still can't qualify for obamacare for five more years. healthcare is one of the issues they keep throwing up. why should this be part of the debate? >> it shouldn't be at the end of the day. at the same time, i have to try to look at this as the cup is half full because if you look at marco rubio's rhetoric two years ago, a year ago and what he is talking about today, believe it or not, even with those statements, it is a softer a little bit different marco rubio. >> he is making progress? >> absolutely. >> that's what i am looking for. we are looking for people that are able to get off of that place where it was nothing, nothing when it comes to comprehensive immigration reform, calling people illegal aliens at every turn. now, we are looking at people saying, maybe we need to do something. so i think the door is cracked open. it's not wide open. so hopefully, we can actually get to the
but some of the issues that have come up, senator marco rubio, for example, says, okay. we got the path to citizenship but if you go through that long path to citizenship, 13 years, you still can't qualify for obamacare for five more years. healthcare is one of the issues they keep throwing up. why should this be part of the debate? >> it shouldn't be at the end of the day. at the same time, i have to try to look at this as the cup is half full because if you look at marco rubio's...
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senators expected to unveil their comprehensive immigration proposal as early as tomorrow and marco rubio from florida was on seven sunday shows yesterday taking credit for work that others had done. he's just a late-comer to the feast there. of course, he wants all of the credit because he wants to run for president in 2016. on gun safety, vote could come as early as tomorrow. it might be wednesday, on the compromise background check proposal forged by democrat joe mancion and republican pat toomey and one of the mothers of the newtown vict imides gave the weekly radio address for president obama. on the sports front, an aussie won the masters, adam scott beating out cabrerra took two holes of overtime to do it but adam scott pulled it out. it was an exciting weekend and week ahead. wall comp it all here on the "full-court press" with you on current tv. (vo) this afternoon, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way in
senators expected to unveil their comprehensive immigration proposal as early as tomorrow and marco rubio from florida was on seven sunday shows yesterday taking credit for work that others had done. he's just a late-comer to the feast there. of course, he wants all of the credit because he wants to run for president in 2016. on gun safety, vote could come as early as tomorrow. it might be wednesday, on the compromise background check proposal forged by democrat joe mancion and republican pat...
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>> initially rubio didn't make the stand. they coalesced and their position hardened as graham said i will walk away from this thing. both john mccain and senator rubio were saying there are a lot of provisions going to be troubling. we don't know how this is going to work out. blah, blah blah. then it's not load the bill up with social issues and lindsey graham saying i will walk and the bill will be dead if this is in it. >> that's really just because it was this game of chicken between democrats and republicans. >> bill: not that it's a broad-brush question but the latino community is not raising hell about this issue. right? >> no. in fact, polling done by latino decisions which is the premier, by lingilingual sort of polling firm that did all of that great polling during 2012, they did a poll on this for immigration equality and i think 63% of latinos support inclusion of lgbt people in this bill. it. >> chuck schumer, get with it and get with the program and, you know, lid see graham basically, who cares? right? he cert
>> initially rubio didn't make the stand. they coalesced and their position hardened as graham said i will walk away from this thing. both john mccain and senator rubio were saying there are a lot of provisions going to be troubling. we don't know how this is going to work out. blah, blah blah. then it's not load the bill up with social issues and lindsey graham saying i will walk and the bill will be dead if this is in it. >> that's really just because it was this game of chicken...
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there are two areas he departed from rubio. one on defense spending where rand paul has been completely at odds with the republican party in saying the sequester that's looming should go through -- and if anything, we should cut the pentagon more and he was a little bit more liberal. that's really -- i think what -- >> bill: a libertarian position. >> right. i think he's trying to pick up this. he is the younger you know, in some ways, more appealing to the mainstream candidate than his father. i think he's trying to run in 2016 and raise his profile. this was an opportunity for him to do that. >> bill: right. not surprising there is very little difference between marco rubio and rand paul. white house pointed out marco rubio's speech could have been given by mitt romney. there was nothing new in it in terms of -- if he's the future of the republican party, it is going to look just like the past. >> it could have been given by any republican for the past 30 years. and there was nothing new. the part i was most surprised about,
there are two areas he departed from rubio. one on defense spending where rand paul has been completely at odds with the republican party in saying the sequester that's looming should go through -- and if anything, we should cut the pentagon more and he was a little bit more liberal. that's really -- i think what -- >> bill: a libertarian position. >> right. i think he's trying to pick up this. he is the younger you know, in some ways, more appealing to the mainstream candidate than...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for care about them right? ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: okay. how do we do on the science test? daniel stone from national geographic is going to help us out on that. right now we're talking about the massive overkill, if you will, to the immigration bill. it will pass and then come out of the senate with maybe 75 votes. kim is calling from california. hi, kim. >> caller: hey good morning, the most intelligent man on the planet. [ laughter ] >> bill: oh, my god, save the tape. >> caller: you are. i mean you can't beat that. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: what is it with the illegals? do we only have mexican illegals? what about the porta ricans the cam bodians, the canadians, the cubans. if you swim here is it legal, but if you just come from mexico -- come on. >> bill: it's a lot of racism and a lot of ignorance. all of these people so upset about the border not winter ris suspect, right? not winter ris has ever come across the southern bord
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and marco rubio gave a very emotional speech. rick santorum gave one of the more barn burning rhetorically -- his speech was as goods on the merits of did it move people. >> and he said basically if we had better candidates we might have won the white house. >> yeah. >> bill: how about band paul. >> rand paul's moment was ta very big moment. he came out with the big binders that were the entire transcript of his 13-hours of filibuster. and there were hundreds of people with these stand with rand signs. he has inherited his dad's organization, fervor basically, and he is expanding it. and he could be the most interesting person on the right, because he has this broadening ability to get into the left with his anti-war libertarianism. >> bill: i love where rand paul says we have to reshape everything to move forward and he gets 25% of the votes and then marco rubio who is saying we don't need any new ideas, and he gets 24% of the vote. so it seems like they are split right down the middle. >> yeah i know. >> bill: neil this is as y
and marco rubio gave a very emotional speech. rick santorum gave one of the more barn burning rhetorically -- his speech was as goods on the merits of did it move people. >> and he said basically if we had better candidates we might have won the white house. >> yeah. >> bill: how about band paul. >> rand paul's moment was ta very big moment. he came out with the big binders that were the entire transcript of his 13-hours of filibuster. and there were hundreds of people...
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this is their baby, particularly rubio. so i think that this leak does put pressure on them to move faster and get their own bill up there before his goes up. i would expect it soon. >> bill: the criticism that the white house should not be writing bills, i hear it -- the other side of it all the time. i forget now exactly what issues but issues they were dealing with in the first term. there was a lot of criticism from republicans in congress. well if the president cares about this, why hasn't he sent us a bill. >> exactly. >> bill: the white house's response at the time was it's not our job to write bills. it is yours. so now he does write a bill. oh no! >> dead on arrival. >> bill: he's usurping our territory. it is our job to write the bill. he's gotta take that certainly with a grain of salt. where are we -- the president mentioned this in the state of the union. equal pay. at this point, are we still -- women still behind -- >> way behind. 77 cents on the dollar. not just that. it's not just that we get paid less for
this is their baby, particularly rubio. so i think that this leak does put pressure on them to move faster and get their own bill up there before his goes up. i would expect it soon. >> bill: the criticism that the white house should not be writing bills, i hear it -- the other side of it all the time. i forget now exactly what issues but issues they were dealing with in the first term. there was a lot of criticism from republicans in congress. well if the president cares about this, why...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern ♪ >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is the "bill press show," live on your radio, and current tv. >> bill: all right. thirty-three minutes after the hour here the "full court press" here on a wednesday. governor eliot spitzer joining us next. but back to your calls on immigration reform and the boston marathon bombings. what is the connection? people are trying to make a connection. i think that's hard to do so and we should not do so but you may disagree. 866-55-press, our toll free number. quickly, here is a case of identity thief nabbed for identity theft. a woman worked in a bank and used the name date of birth and social security number of a customer to obtain a loan. fortunately in that case that identity theft was stopped in its tracks but you may not be so lucky if you are not protected against it. i am with lifelock. call now and ment
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern ♪ >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is the "bill press show," live on your radio, and current tv. >> bill: all right. thirty-three minutes after the hour here the "full court press" here on a wednesday. governor eliot...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 tril
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." intel thirteen minutes before the stop of the hour here in washington, d.c. scrambling for votes for the gun safety legislation. those first votes will be taken today. scrambling for votes on the comprehensive immigration reform put forward by the gang of 8 a couple of days ago, but even here in washington, most attention is still focused on boston and the initial steps of the investigation by the f.b.i. and to who might have been responsible for the bombings at the end of the boston marathon and how they managed to plant those bombs. joining us with commen
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> heard around the country and seen...
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tim cane, not marco rubio. not bob menendez. tim cane gave his speech entirely in espanol. >>. >> prep /* /* [speaking spanish.) bills all right. he says there -- i know no enough spanish to say we are beginning debate on the immigration bill, and it's only appropriate that i explain what's in the bill in a language that the people affected by the bill can understand. >> that's the question. is it appropriate? it's the first time. everybody, all of the historians have said, yeah, first time. there have been occasional one sentence or maybe even a paragraph in spanish but the first time an entire speech on the floor of the senate has been given in spanish. is that is that okay? are you okay with that? i mean look. i am all for this immigration reform and i believe all of this ought to be bilingual, english and spanish but this is the united states senate and english is our mother tongue. it is the language of the united states. don't you think that in the united states senate, everything ought to be in a language that every ameri
tim cane, not marco rubio. not bob menendez. tim cane gave his speech entirely in espanol. >>. >> prep /* /* [speaking spanish.) bills all right. he says there -- i know no enough spanish to say we are beginning debate on the immigration bill, and it's only appropriate that i explain what's in the bill in a language that the people affected by the bill can understand. >> that's the question. is it appropriate? it's the first time. everybody, all of the historians have said,...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> 33 minutes before -- 33 minutes after the hour. i'm sorry here on a monday morning. yeah. you can tell i had a good weekend. rough getting started under morning. rough getting started when you see a hid lionel like this in "the new york times" this morning, girl's death by gunshot is rejected as a symbol, down in kentucky they are saying the fact that this 5-year-old who was given a gun, a loaded gun, i mean a real gun, not a toy gun, firearm but people in kentucky were saying don't blame the parents. don't blame guns made for kids. accidents happen. >> we are where we see i am torn. my 9-year-old granddaughter killed two deer last year with her dad, and that was a learning experience for her. and then, kp. it says wait until may mom and dad punish the kids and
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> 33 minutes before -- 33 minutes after the hour. i'm sorry here on a monday morning. yeah. you can tell i had a good weekend. rough getting started...
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let's start with marco rubio. okay? >> okay. >> bill: because you've got joe biden saying he's going to iowa september 15th. hillary giving a big speech in san francisco yesterday. and we'll talk about hillary in just a minute. but on the republican side, there is some movement. rand paul is moving around. donald trump shows up in iowa. and marco rubio out in front on immigration reform. but if he seemed to be going toward the middle, maybe on immigration reform, on obamacare, he's far to the right, right? >> it has been a head-spinning transformation. he was a pillar of the establishment of the gang of 8 in the senate on immigration and he was -- kind of the voice of reason, you know, sort of the centrist middle reasonable, this is the future of our party and our country. we've got to get this path to citizenship and then he kind of did this 180, not in terms of opposing obamacare and the affordable care act which he always has but tactically throwing in with rand paul and ted cruz, saying we want to defund this law an
let's start with marco rubio. okay? >> okay. >> bill: because you've got joe biden saying he's going to iowa september 15th. hillary giving a big speech in san francisco yesterday. and we'll talk about hillary in just a minute. but on the republican side, there is some movement. rand paul is moving around. donald trump shows up in iowa. and marco rubio out in front on immigration reform. but if he seemed to be going toward the middle, maybe on immigration reform, on obamacare, he's...
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is rubio still -- rubio -- >> look, i think rubio -- i mean if i was his adviser and i'm not and i probably don't know very much compared to some of his advisers, who knows because i don't have all of the access to polling that they do. maybe they're acting somewhat rationally. in my opinion, he should have just held pat and said i worked hard to try to get immigration passed. i took shots from the right. i've come down a few notches in the opinions of those in iowa but i'm going to stand by what i did and try to see it through in the house. i'm going to move forward. but then, you know, this thing with obamacare, i think it looks panicky. >> bill: it looked like he had staked out his claim again then he realizes maybe i'm too far out in front as being a middle of the road -- hardly middle of the road but somebody who tries to get problems. i have to veer suddenly back to the right to take my -- >> it is not like i did a scientific survey but i talked to a decent number of activists after the immigration fight was over in the senate. and yet you heard oh, he's taking some water. you also he
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he was hammered, marco rubio didn't have one drink. she's going to drink? >> she's definitely going to drink, i think. >> do you have any say over the kind of beers you think or do you get whatever? >> we get whatever. i'm definitely going to be drinking d.c. brew, the hometown. >> i like that. >> peter: youtube.com/buzzfeed. stream that live if you want to tweet about it. the hashtag is buzzfeed brews. i'm sure you'll get a lot of good stuff out of this one. john is going to stick around. we've got something very exciting coming up. art historian curator producer of movies, roger gastman will be in studio with us. he's talking about a new exhibit he has at the corcoran here in washington, d.c. and a new movie coming to a theatre near you. the legend of cool disco dan. who is cool disco dan? we'll tell you. it is the "full court press." peter ogborn sitting in for bill. i'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." high. cenk uygur: i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience
he was hammered, marco rubio didn't have one drink. she's going to drink? >> she's definitely going to drink, i think. >> do you have any say over the kind of beers you think or do you get whatever? >> we get whatever. i'm definitely going to be drinking d.c. brew, the hometown. >> i like that. >> peter: youtube.com/buzzfeed. stream that live if you want to tweet about it. the hashtag is buzzfeed brews. i'm sure you'll get a lot of good stuff out of this one. john...
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marco rubio going to filibuster he promised yesterday, any gun safety legislation. >> do not be fooled the next time that marco rubio comes out and acts like he can relate to everybody because he knows about rap music, he is a little bit younger than your average senator. he will filibuster this? of all things? >> right. so you can see, man, this could -- this moment could easily slip away from us. we can't let that happen. carl is calling from palm springs, california, one of my favorite places on the planet. hey, carl. >> hi, bill. listen i just wanted to interject something. i am a professional in the film and television industry. i created minitel vision shows. i have been in probably as long as you have. my home up in the mountains, my home and studio up in the mountains in one of these counties here in the forest was broken into by an officer, by a deputy in one of the small areas he has control over. we have a bit of a police state here in california, and when i attempted to find assistance from civil rights attorneys. from the grand jury and the attorney general's office becaus
marco rubio going to filibuster he promised yesterday, any gun safety legislation. >> do not be fooled the next time that marco rubio comes out and acts like he can relate to everybody because he knows about rap music, he is a little bit younger than your average senator. he will filibuster this? of all things? >> right. so you can see, man, this could -- this moment could easily slip away from us. we can't let that happen. carl is calling from palm springs, california, one of my...
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rubio has intelligently, i think, tried to steer the bill to the right. intelligently for his own political purposes to placate the base, and, you know, democrats are starting to say that's enough. we want our bill. >> reed good to have you on the program as always. we will look for you around the neighborhood. >> sounds good. >> from the hotline. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten comman
rubio has intelligently, i think, tried to steer the bill to the right. intelligently for his own political purposes to placate the base, and, you know, democrats are starting to say that's enough. we want our bill. >> reed good to have you on the program as always. we will look for you around the neighborhood. >> sounds good. >> from the hotline. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? (vo) current tv is the place for compelling true stories. (kaj) jack, how old are you? >> nine. (adam) this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. way inside. (christoff) we're patrolling the area looking for guns, drugs bodies ... (adam) we're going to places where few others are going. [lady] you have to get out now. >> lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. >> this crop to me is my livelihood. >> i'm being violated by the health care system. (christoff) we go and spend a considerable amount of time getting to know the people and the characters that are actually living these stories. (vo) from the underworld to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> occupy! >> we will have class warfare. (vo) true st
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senator rubio says we can't talk about those until we are guaranteed that the border is secured. when you look at the facts today. right? we have done a better job. >> absolutely. >> of securing the borer. most people don't know that? >> home land security has grown. it's one of the largest departments with the most funding for enforcement than any other agent see, than any other law enforcement agency. so i think in part it really is more about how we are going to treat people who are here and allow them to get in the back of the line and allow them to pay up a penalty or back taxes, learn english and then get ready for what's to happen in the last few years. i think the president is saying he wants to jump start the dreamers, also for people who are in agriculture because that you know, it's a big lifeline for our economy, you know, people that are out there, you know providing our produce and gar garering that and making sure we are protecting that. >> that's an importance industry. i hope they don't look at theguest entry and driving down wages of workers. >> madam secretary,
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>> senator markco rubio said if that kind of provision allowing same-sex couples in the united states to marry their foreign spouses an get green cards was in the final bill, he would not support it and he would urge his republican counterparts. so that is a poison pill. senator leahy wants it in the bill. the question is whether he thinks he can get it in the bill without killing the entire bill. and some people are asking whether president obama should step in and try to broker some kind of deal. >> is there any republican support for it? >> i assume there is among some republicans but i don't know exactly who. terrible the leading senators like marco rubio in florida is opposed to this. >> i 4erd yesterday there is a bio metrics test. why is that an issue? >> right now, we have a paper-based way to verify that someone is authorized to work in the united states. and that's on a form that all employers have to fill out called an i-9 form. that form is not ideal. it takes a lot of work for employers to figure out whether this card authorizes you to work or whether it's an illegal soci
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people, but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them right? >> this is "the bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> okay. 27 minutes now after the hour now, already here on the full court press, looking at the benghazi and the irs and the associated press issues and we are zeroing in on the associated press as the place where there is really something we ought to be concerned about. in my humble opinion. how about yours? nancy up in buffalo new york. nancy, what do you think? hello, nancy. >> this is tony. >> this is tony. all right. well, where are you -- >> i think national security i'm sorry, trumps the states rights to interfere in what was an ongoing investigation. >> bill: they didn't intreefr. they reported on it afterwards. >> caller: no. they had the story two weeks before. there was a mole in the congress that gave them that information. that was classified information that they took from somebody. >> but they didn't report t they held on to it. they
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: has anybody seen edward snowden? he seems to have disappeared. checked out of his hotel room in hong kong. has he checked into a hotel in iceland? good morning, everybody. what do you say? it is tuesday june 11. great to see you this morning. you're looking good and here we are on the "full court press." with the news of the day. ready for you. bring you up to date on what's happening this -- boy, it is a wet and soggy tuesday morning here in our nation's capital. we have had rainstorm after rainstorm after rainstorm. even threats of tornadoes in the area last night. but we're here on the job, ready to tell you what's going on today as you look out across the country, across the globe around here on our nation's capital. we'll not only tell you what's going on, we'll give you a chance to sound off about it and tell you what y
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: has anybody seen edward snowden? he seems to have disappeared. checked out of his hotel room in hong kong. has he checked into a hotel in iceland? good morning, everybody. what do you say? it is tuesday june 11....
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among the bill's sponsors include marco rubio barbara boxer, susan collins and patrick leahy. in the wake of the sandy hook shooting, senators say it is important now more than ever to make mental healthcare a national priority. the bill will expand access to mental health treatment and improve the quality of care at community health centers. >>> president obama today is addressing the nation's latest drone concerns. he is handing over a document to the senate intelligence committee trying to justify his policy on using drones to target americans overseas. this announcement comes in the wake of a justice department memo leaked this week to nbc. the paper allows for deadly force against anyone continually plotting attacks against the united states. but if does not give much legal justification for using drones to kill american citizens. today, obama will turn over the legal opinion saying he wants to create healthy scrutiny and debate. more bill press is coming up live after the break and we are live in our chat room. we hope you'll join us there at current.com/billpress. we'll
among the bill's sponsors include marco rubio barbara boxer, susan collins and patrick leahy. in the wake of the sandy hook shooting, senators say it is important now more than ever to make mental healthcare a national priority. the bill will expand access to mental health treatment and improve the quality of care at community health centers. >>> president obama today is addressing the nation's latest drone concerns. he is handing over a document to the senate intelligence committee...
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you know what does marco rubio do? he is always complaining to these republicans about human rights. they have nothing to say about these people and the constitution. i also feel if i -- i read your article about rand. he changed his mind. >> bill: eric, i am not a contortionist. you have to be a contortionist to keep up with rand paul's change of positions. >> exactly. these people. who actually could come up with somebody sit nag cafe and a drone strike? >> bill: rand paul, first of all, here is what i liked for the record here, because i am not part of the rand paul fan club but i liked the fact that when it came to a filibuster, he actually was willing to talk and to filibuster. 13 hours. right right? >> yeah >> bill: he did the real thing, number 1. no. 2, he said in that long filibuster, raping questions about use of drones in this country and how we had to beware of that, use of drones killing american citizens but more and more throws here in this country and raising serious questions about what were the polici
you know what does marco rubio do? he is always complaining to these republicans about human rights. they have nothing to say about these people and the constitution. i also feel if i -- i read your article about rand. he changed his mind. >> bill: eric, i am not a contortionist. you have to be a contortionist to keep up with rand paul's change of positions. >> exactly. these people. who actually could come up with somebody sit nag cafe and a drone strike? >> bill: rand paul,...
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these are the songs that marco rubio is currently listening to. so here are some of the -- >> bill: no longer ipod now. >> you could put the play list on your ipod or computer. you could build little play lists. >> bill: this is breaking news. >> they always ask presidents what's your favorite song or people running for president. what's your favorite song? >> bill: with obama they always ask him. >> here's what rubio is listening to. good feeling by flow -- flo rida. where the streets have no name by u2. vive la vida by coldplay. i'm not sure if i think marco rubio is listening to tupac. >> he has been a rap fan for a long time. he talks about it a lot. >> don't you worry child by swedish house mafia. >> bill: there's no frank sinatra? >> there's no frank sinatra. >> there's newsboys. >> bill: there's no mozart? what's the world coming to? it is the end of western civilization as we know it. mariachi music. he's not true to his roots. >> tito puente or something like that. >> social club. >> pitbull is on here. carlos vivas. i don't know who that
these are the songs that marco rubio is currently listening to. so here are some of the -- >> bill: no longer ipod now. >> you could put the play list on your ipod or computer. you could build little play lists. >> bill: this is breaking news. >> they always ask presidents what's your favorite song or people running for president. what's your favorite song? >> bill: with obama they always ask him. >> here's what rubio is listening to. good feeling by flow --...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: you got it. 19 minutes before the top of the hour here on a monday morning july 8. welcome back from a long 4th of july break for us and for you. hopefully it was a good one. meanwhile on friday, the jobs numbers came out for the month of june. 195,000 new private sector jobs created for the month of june and unemployment staying at the rate of 7.6%. jim tankersley is economic policy correspondent for "the washington post." has been a guest in studio before to talk about job numbers and joins us again this morning. jim, good to see you. >> my pleasure to be here. >> bill: hope you had a good weekend. >> did i. >>
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show," life on your radio and current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour, wednesday, april 10th, mother joans releases yet another tape. this tape pretty embarrassing tape for mitch mcconnell shows him and his staffers sitting around his office down in kentucky saying how can we smear ashley judd. >> that's what it all amounts to. not what kind of a campaign can we mount against here? how can we smear here? the politics of personal desconstruction. mcconnell is trying to turn this into an attack on liberal democrats, they bug offices. he has called on the fbi to investigate. the f.b.i. initially checked. they didn't find any bugs. they are still investigating. there is zero evidence. zero evidence that this is the work of any democratic operative. frankly, i don't care if it is. but it shows the repu
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show," life on your radio and current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour, wednesday, april 10th, mother joans releases yet another tape. this tape pretty embarrassing tape for mitch...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> bill: good friday morning, everybody. it is friday april 19th. we are coming to you live from our nation's capitol, where we and it seems the entire world are focused on the unfolding situation up in boston. if you are just rolling out of bed, if you are just getting up if you are
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room monday to thursday at 6 eastern alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are...
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make mark yes rubio is this generation's orrin hatch. the other thing, he said a couple of times, i can't imagine being in thenate in 20 years. >> you talked a lot about immigration and he is the point man really on immigration. >> yes. >> more so i think than mccain and lindsey graham. two points, one is his insist he knew on boarder security border security. right in the ignoring the fact that a lot has been done on boarder security. >> i asked him about that. it's true. right? they talk, conservatives say the obama administration has failed. >> right. >> you look at the net inflow outflow of illegal immigrants is basically zero and the deportations are at all all-time high. i asked him about that. what he said was -- i mean i think he is for the say the obama administration failed on this. he said it's bad for people who live down by the border, it doesn't feel so great. there is a sense among a lot of people working on the issue that border security is a bone they have to throw to the right but it's not a pressing an issue as it was
make mark yes rubio is this generation's orrin hatch. the other thing, he said a couple of times, i can't imagine being in thenate in 20 years. >> you talked a lot about immigration and he is the point man really on immigration. >> yes. >> more so i think than mccain and lindsey graham. two points, one is his insist he knew on boarder security border security. right in the ignoring the fact that a lot has been done on boarder security. >> i asked him about that. it's...
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marco rubio here's marco rubio what was it? five months ago four months ago, i don't think it was six months ago he's on the cover of "time" magazine as the savior of the republican party? he's the savior. he's the guy. he's the young latino who's going to bring them in. right? make us the party of the latino community. he goes out. busts his butt, helps foreign the immigration reform and out in republicans are turning on him and the tea party which elected him is turning on him because he's come out and is part of the immigration reform bill. they will never learn! never, never never. 1-866-55-press. i gotta tell you i think they'll be able to kill it in the house and despite all of their good work in the senate, there won't be any immigration reform, comprehensive immigration reform this year. i hope i'm wrong. you tell me what you think. let's talk about it here on the "full court press," friday morning. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the h
marco rubio here's marco rubio what was it? five months ago four months ago, i don't think it was six months ago he's on the cover of "time" magazine as the savior of the republican party? he's the savior. he's the guy. he's the young latino who's going to bring them in. right? make us the party of the latino community. he goes out. busts his butt, helps foreign the immigration reform and out in republicans are turning on him and the tea party which elected him is turning on him...
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marco rubio is disappointing us on am nestnesty and immigration. that leaves the potential of someone who is true blue and let me tell you who has been totally consistent on the far right agenda and that could be ted cruz. >> bill: so but he could -- you know, for republicans, karl rove, whom you know very well? you write a book about him. he is he going to look at a ted cruz and say this is a guy we could win with? >> no. >> bill: that could be a problem. >> it is. it's hard to imagine that someone like cruz, although he could win the tea party primary in some of these other states it's hard to imagine someone like ted cruz with sort of extremest views that he has would emerge fundamentally as ultimately the nominee of the party because of that and certainly, like us not as the -- as the winner in a presidential race. but, bill, he is pushing but tongs. not just in texas. he is going to be in south carolina tonight. >> bill: yeah. >> at the silver elephant the republican dinner. he is going to be in new york at the republican dinner on may 29th, w
marco rubio is disappointing us on am nestnesty and immigration. that leaves the potential of someone who is true blue and let me tell you who has been totally consistent on the far right agenda and that could be ted cruz. >> bill: so but he could -- you know, for republicans, karl rove, whom you know very well? you write a book about him. he is he going to look at a ted cruz and say this is a guy we could win with? >> no. >> bill: that could be a problem. >> it is. it's...
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not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you know what you are doing ♪ >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: twenty-six hours after the hour here. we're talking about all of the different aspects of the -- oh god what do we call it -- the whole marathon experience in boston with a happy ending on friday night. unfortunately one more police officer loosing his life in that shootout at mit -- it was an assassination at mit, and one police officer severely wounded in the shootout in watertown, massachusetts, when the police discovered the hijacked suv with the two suspects inside. peter? >> we're on at which timer @bpshow, perry says any sunday show that would book lindsey graham or john mccain should be boycotted and they lack imagination and credibility. >> bill: if nothing else they lack imagination. you guys are bookers. you think abo
not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you know what you are doing ♪ >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: twenty-six hours after the hour here. we're talking about all of the different aspects of the -- oh god what do...
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isn't it stunning to me and to you, as an openly gay member of congress that marco rubio right, would say i'm all for this legislation but if it this goes in, it is the poison pill and i will not support anything else that's in the bill. if this one provision is in there. >> it is remarkable. i speak with young people all the time. young people who are people of color. and i was back speaking to high school students during the last work session. and when i told them the story about my grandfather who was a dreamer. at age 18 who came to this country from hiroshima japan and the discrimination he faced he couldn't buy land. he couldn't naturalize as a citizen. his path to naturalization did not get confirmed until 1965 and he never naturalized. he was too busy earning a living and there were restrictions on his freedom to marry. if he married a japanese woman born in america, she could lose her citizenship. so this memory and this understanding of marriage equality and freedom to marry you know, goes back to my own ethnic history. and when i tell them, i heard president obama talk abou
isn't it stunning to me and to you, as an openly gay member of congress that marco rubio right, would say i'm all for this legislation but if it this goes in, it is the poison pill and i will not support anything else that's in the bill. if this one provision is in there. >> it is remarkable. i speak with young people all the time. young people who are people of color. and i was back speaking to high school students during the last work session. and when i told them the story about my...